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Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: My five parenting principles … that matter more than ever

Parenting has always required patience, wisdom, and consistency. But today, many parents feel like they are trying to raise grounded children in a...

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Dr Randy Cale

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: There’s nothing like the real thing

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: There’s nothing like the real thing

The mission, should I choose to accept it, was to find out where The Boss purchased the expensive tool — now a heap of junk sitting unceremoniously...

18.04.2026 3

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Siobhan Connally

ASK THE ATTORNEY: New law bans consumer credit checks for employees, prospective employees in New York State

ASK THE ATTORNEY: New law bans consumer credit checks for employees, prospective employees in New York State

With “little to no evidence” indicating a correlation between credit history and job performance, a new law will ban employers, labor...

18.04.2026 5

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RITTNER: Space: The final frontier?

RITTNER: Space: The final frontier?

I remember when the Russians launched Sputnik, the first satellite, and the panic it caused in this country. I watched Alan Shepard become the first...

18.04.2026 3

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Don Rittner

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17.04.2026 5

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THOMAS: The pope, three cardinals and the Iran war

“War is Hell,” said Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1879. Pope Leo and three cardinals of the Catholic Church who appeared last Sunday...

16.04.2026 6

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Cal Thomas

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13.04.2026 8

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Metal detectors and bag searches in schools are not the right move

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Metal detectors and bag searches in schools are not the right move

I felt unsettled as I opened “the paper” and saw the expressionless face of a young girl standing behind a tall man reaching into what I presumed...

11.04.2026 8

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Siobhan Connally

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RITTNER: Troy’s Titanic connections, Part 2

RITTNER: Troy’s Titanic connections, Part 2

So who were the Trojans on the Titanic? Twenty-eight-year-old Bridget “Bertha” Moran and her brother Daniel were traveling from Ireland. Bridget...

11.04.2026 10

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Don Rittner

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Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: Why all this talking and processing isn’t helping your child

Spend enough time around many households, or therapy offices, and you will hear a familiar and well-intentioned phrase: “Let’s talk about how...

05.04.2026 9

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Dr Randy Cale

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Life lessons

The headline grabbed my attention: How do you teach kids to be responsible? My hackles raised as I read through the vertical text from the anonymous...

04.04.2026 7

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Siobhan Connally

READER’S VIEW: In darkness, democracy dies. New York taxpayers deserve transparency of an on-time, balanced budget

It’s a part of our state constitution. The state budget deadline is April 1st. As we celebrate Easter Sunday today the budget is five days late with...

04.04.2026 9

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Sen Jim Tedisco

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RITTNER: RPI and NASA

There has been a lot of ink spilled on the fact that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) graduate Gregory “Reid” Wiseman (Class of 1997) is...

04.04.2026 20

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Don Rittner

RITTNER: Troy’s Titanic connections, Part 2

So who were the Trojans on the Titanic? Twenty-eight-year-old Bridget “Bertha” Moran and her brother Daniel were traveling from Ireland. Bridget...

04.04.2026 10

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Don Rittner

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THOMAS: Debunking the lone wolf ‘myth’

Since the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001, government officials have said their greatest fear is self-radicalized individuals they call “lone...

02.04.2026 10

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Cal Thomas

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Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: The cost of a relentlessly easier childhood

When Good Intentions Create Painful Outcomes As a psychologist who has worked with families for decades, I am seeing a pattern that is difficult to...

29.03.2026 8

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Dr Randy Cale

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Thinking about my mother

“I could have lived forever …”  my mother used to say. It would be her standard response whenever I had divulged some morsel of information...

28.03.2026 10

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Siobhan Connally

READER’S VIEW: Volunteer firefighters save lives. We can save theirs

We ask the families of our firefighters to carry an almost unbearable burden. The fire pager goes off. Their loved one rushes into the night. A part...

28.03.2026 10

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RITTNER: Troy’s Titanic connections, Part 1

After my visit last week to the Titanic exhibit over in Schenectady, I wondered if there were any Trojans affected by the disaster. The disaster has...

28.03.2026 20

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Don Rittner

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27.03.2026 10

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THOMAS: The political instant replay

In sports, the instant replay was invented and first used by a man named Tony Verna on the Dec. 7, 1963 broadcast of the Army-Navy football game on...

26.03.2026 20

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Cal Thomas

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Amsterdam in the AM

I slipped the keycard into a pocket and left the hotel just after sunrise. I was groggy, having slept fitfully. I was intent on clocking an easy run...

21.03.2026 20

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Siobhan Connally